Inspired by this thread. It got me to thinking about the Futurama episode with the multiple alternate universes. The first universe, of course, was an almost perfect parallel, with only coloration being changed, and each of the Planet Express employees hung out with their parallel self. Bender and Parallel Bender got along terrifically well, even picking each other’s pockets while they hugged. Amy and Parallel Amy also got along…until they noticed that they were using different colors of toenail polish. “Professor was right: you are evil! And shallow!”
I think Parallel Rilch and I would hit it off initially, watching British talkathons and shopping for stuffed animals and vintage clothes. But at some point, if we were together long enough, we would probably disagree over some nitpicky detail about a book or movie, and neither of us would back down. But then, each of us would want to be the first to apologize, so it would be all good again.
I’ve always said that I don’t like people who are too much like me, so I probably wouldn’t. Then again, maybe my parallel-universe self would be okay with people who are like… him/us/me.
Well, she’d be evil, right? Because I’m obviously from the “good” universe. However, as I said in this thread, since we know that people in the parallel/alternate universe are all bisexual, I think we’d get along just fine.
Seriously, though, I’d probably think that I was horribly officious.
Depends. Would it count as incest if I had sex with my parallel-universe self?
Well, it’d be kind of like masturbating, I guess.
Hmm.
I think it would work out. Mostly.
Though I’m sure there’d come a time when one of us would inevitably try to kill the other. That’s how these kind of situations always seem to play out in popular culture.
I get the feeling that we’d start off very well but at some point we’d be headed for some sort of pig-headed obstinance relatd implosion and things would be icy although we’d still do things together after that.
We’d probably get along ok in theory, but wouldn’t ever become great buddies or anything, because that would require too much initiative on the part of one of us.
In order to answer this question correctly, I’d need a little more detail. For example, it’s a parallel universe, so I presume there’d be some (possibly significant) differences between the me me and the parallel universe me, otherwise the parallel universe me would just be my twin, in which case my answer would be no, I probably wouldn’t get along with my alter-self. There’s just enough of me here now.
So, what parameters would you posit for the parallel universe? Alternate physics? Hmm. That’d probably be going too far as different laws of physics would probably preclude us being in the same universe for even a fraction of a second. Opposite choices throughout life? Now that would be cool. To meet an alter-me whose every decision or chance encounter was different, or opposite than mine (kind of the two Leela’s coin toss effect) would be amazing, not to mention exceedingly educational.
I personally am intensely horrifying to be around, or so I infer from my experience with every other human being I’ve ever encountered. My own perspective on the matter is unique, obviously, since I myself am never on the receiving end of my own dread aura. If I ever actually met another entity remotely like me, the result would probably be something like two mirrors facing each other; an infinity of reflections, only with ickiness instead of light. I’m not sure what the end result of that would be, but I bet it wouldn’t be anything good. This is precisely why I avoid parallel worlds with mes in them.
Yes, I was thinking same personality, opposite circumstances. So either I or ParallelRilch would probably end up arguing about “Why did you do this? Why didn’t you do that?”
I think I would find myself overly smug and get pissed off with myself pretty quick. For some reason I imagine we would have opposite mood swings, so that one me is depressed the other is manic,and vice versa. If that was the case I would probably kill the other me.
I’m of the opinion that the Man should pay me for teaching school, as opposed to putting my intellect to evil use.
The mirror Wang-Ka would be a sociopath, utterly devoted to the use of his intellect to achieve whatever petty ends of the moment he favored. He’d eat me alive. Or try to.
Probably not. In some ways I’m very much like my mother and in some ways I’m very much like my father, and I don’t get along particularly well with either of them. Plus there’s that old saw that you always notice and dislike in others those things that you secretly dislike about yourself … so, while other people seem to have no problem getting along with me, I have a feeling that I would get on my nerves.
It depends on what differences there will be. I get along fine with myself; it’s other people that bug me. If it’s just going to be a me who did some stuff that I decided not to do, then cool.
I’d hang out with myself. My best friend and I already seem to be connected at the brain, so it couldn’t be too bad. My parallel self and I would probably fight over who gets the last beer though.
The Same or Opposite sex? I ask because I met a cousin distantly (both geographically and family tree-ily removed) and hot holy hubba hubba did I find her attractive.
I don’t think parallel Gr8Kat and I would get along. I’m very self conscious with terrible self-esteem issues, and I’d despise in her everything I despise in myself. But I’d probably also pity her, and feel ashamed of myself. In the end, I don’t think we’d even be able to look each other in the eye.
Or we’d rejoice that we each finally met someone whom we can relate to one hundred percent, and would be BFF!!! It could go either way.
